ST. JOSEPH COUNTY, Ind. (WNDU) - The Indiana State Police has been requested to investigate, after an inmate suffered a suspected medical emergency, and died.

Preliminary investigation indicates that at approximately 3:30 p.m. on Nov. 1, an inmate in the medical ward began suffering a medical emergency.

Jail staff started lifesaving measured, including the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), until South Bend EMTs arrived.

Despite the lifesaving measures, the 50-year-old male inmate was declared dead at the jail.

An autopsy is currently scheduled for Nov. 3, at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo.

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